Thursday, 15 March 2012

I don't know whether it's because I pay more attention now I have an allotment....or if it is just a case of the country realising that growing your own is best...but I keep seeing signs of free seeds and growing veggies EVERYWHERE...here's a few I managed to photograph!!

The Daily Mail are giving away tokens to claim up to 15 packets of free seeds...you just have to pay the postage.

Birds-eye are giving away free seeds with packets of there veg...and if your signed up to face-book you don't even pay postage on these so providing you buy their veg it really is FREE!!

And Morrisons not only have done the 'Lets Grow' vouchers for school for the last few years but also have these wonderful sturdy bags with some great pictures of fruit and veg on which you can buy, this is great as they are very sturdy so protect your shopping well and also are good for the environment as you cut back on carrier bags!!

Have you found any great offers that you can let people know about...I'm sure there might be some out there I have missed and would love to take advantage of!!

Some plants grow well in the UK Anna...but then we have long periods of dry...and then wet which can really mess about with the germination and growing so it doesn't always do so well. Plus we don't have a really warm climate so there is a lot of things that we can't grow without a glass house or poly-tunnel...having said that it's always trial and error to find out what grows well in your particular area and soil. I try to grow a few different things each year and then keep with what gives me a good harvest...I find this way I end up with plenty of bountiful crops.

I guess gardening does have a long standing tradition...and it's slowly becoming trendy so more of the younger generations are getting involved too.

I saw those Birds Eye giveaways yesterday in the shop - must admit that I did check you had to post off for them (and not find them in the bottom of the pack, like the cereal giveaways!) just to make sure they hadn't gone overboard with keen-ness! The bear may be scary, but at least it didn't freeze the seeds!

Hello Tanya, thanks for posting on my site. I have been doing a little more and planted a few more rows. Slow but sure. Its great that you have give the heads up on free offers, I am going to take a few up on the offers and see what happens. Looks like the weather is now opening out a bit and I feel I can get a bit more done between work shifts that is.

Unfortunately we all have to organise ourselves around work Dave...but it does make the whole experience more pleasurable I find. Yes the allotment is hard work but it's satisfying and I love being outside!!